Corn-husking and fodder-shredding machine.



' Patented June 27, I899.

F. M. TEEGUARDEN. CORN HUSKING AND FODDER SHREDDING MACHINE.

(Application filed Feb 12, 189B.)

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(Application filed Feb 12, 1898.) (No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREEMAN M. TEEGUARDEN, or OOLFAX, INDIAN ASSIGNOR TO THE sAEETY CORN I-IUsKER AND SHREDDER COMPANY, on INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

CORN-HUSKING AND FODDER-SHRE DDING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 627,547, dated June 27, 1899. I

Application filedIebruary 12, 1398. Serial No. 670,058. (No model.)

To all whom 7225 may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREEMAN M. TE'EGUAR- DEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Colfax, in the county of Clinton andState of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Husking and Fodder-Shredding Machines, of which the following'is a specification.

My present invention consists in certain improvements upon that for which Letters Patent of the United States No. 577,466 were granted me, dated February 23, 1897, whereby certain advantages are attained, as will be hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof and on which similar letters and figures of reference indicate similar parts, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a machine containing my said improvements; Fig. 2, a detail longitudinal ver-' tical section wherein the principal features of said invention are illustrated as seen from the dotted line 2 2 in Fig. 3; Fig. 3, a transverse sectional view as seen from the dotted line 3 3 in Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a detail side elevation of a portion of the machine with that portion of the siding alongside the husking-rolls removed, and Fig. 5 a horizontal sectional view looking downwardlyfrom the dotted line 5 5 g in Fig. 2.

In said drawings the portions marked A represent the main framework and casing of the machine; B and O, the feeding-belts; D and E, the snapping-rolls;- F, the huskingrolls; G, reciprocating clearers which operate in connection with the bushing-rolls, and H the cylinder or shredder. v

The frame A is in the main of an ordinary and well-known construction and for the most part needs no special description. That portion of said frame or casing, however, within which the feeding mechanismis located is constructed as a separate section A and is adjustable in respect to the remainder of said frame or casing. Said section A is secured to the main frame A by bolts a a which pass through slots at in the section A and into suitable holes provided therefor in posts or parts of the frame A and in plates A which are secured thereto, as is perhaps best shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The several'shafts 1, 2, 3, and 4, which carry the drums or pulleys for the feeding-belts B and C, are mounted ,in bearings carried by the adjustable section A, and consequently when said adjustable section is moved the distance between the extreme forward ends of said feeding-belts and the rear sides of the snapping-rolls'D E is varied. The purpose of this is to adapt mymachines to all situations. In some parts of the country the varieties of corn grown have very large and long cars. In other sections of the country the varieties of corn grown have smaller and shorter ears. It is desirable in a machine of this character in order that it may do its best work that the distance between the snapping-rolls and the feeding mechanism shall be. as short as possible, or, in other Words, not much, if any, greater than the length of the average ears of corn which are to pass through the machine. By the means just described I am enabled to adjust my machine to meet all requirements in this particular. In making such adjustment it is only necessary to add to or take from each of the chain belts 5 and 7 one or more links. The

chain belt 5 runs froma suitable sprocket- 2 wheel or pulley on the shaft 6 of the snappingroll E to a similar wheel or pulley on the end of the shaft 4, which carries the driving drum or pulley of the feed-belt O, as shown in Fig. 4, and similarly the chain belt 7 drives the feed-belt B through the shaft 1 from theshaft 8 of the snapping-roll D, as shown-in Fig. 5.

The reciprocating clearers Gare mounted in and pass through a guard-board A inthe machine directly above the extreme upper ends of the husking-rolls F. Said clearers are pivoted to and driven by arms G, which inturn are mounted on and driven by a rockshaft G 'On the outer end of this rock-shaft is an arm G which is connected by means of a connecting-rod g with a crank G on the end of the shaft 1. As will be noticed by reference to Fig. 4, said rod has a series of perforations adapted to receive the wrist-pin of arm G and the length of said rod or pitrnan isvaried to change the length of the stroke of said clearers as desired for varying work.

As the shaft 1 revolves it of course causes the shaft G to rock back and forth and the clearers G to reciprocate and move in and out of the space over the upper ends of the husking-rolls F. In machines of this character the tendency of the ears of corn as they are broken from the stalks is to fall small end downwardly onto the husking-rolls, so that the ends of the husks and the silk are sometimes caught between the rolls and are there held, clogging the machine. These clearers G force the ears along and start them on their downward course, throwing them into a horizontal position. Said clearers thus do the work which has formerly been done by hand and in which work many accidents to the operators have occurred.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a corn-h usking machine, the combination, of the main frame carrying the huskingrolls, the adjustable frame carrying the feeding mechanism, means for adjusting said frames in relation. to each other, the huskingrolls, a transverse member mounted within the machine at the upper ends of said rolls and provided with suitable perforations located one between each pair of rolls, short rods mounted in said perforations and constituting clearer-s for said husking-rolls, a rockshaft for operating said rods, and an adjustable connection between said rock-shaft and its operating means, whereby the length of the stroke may be varied, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in a corn-husking machine, of the main framework, snapping-rolls carried thereby, a frame-section adjustable on said main framework and carrying the feeding mechanism, husking-rolls positioned in the main framework below the feeding mechanism, a rock-shaft carried by said main framework and running transversely of said husking-rolls and provided with arms, reciprocating rods or clearers driven by said arms and positioned above the upper ends of said husking-rolls, a crank on the end of one of the feeding-mechanism shafts, and a connecting rod or pitman leading from said crank to an arm on the said rock-shaft, said rod or pitman being provided with several points of attachment whereby its length may be increased as the feeding mechanism is adjusted toward or from the snapping-rolls, or the throw of said clearers Varied, substantially as shown and described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, at Colfax, Indiana, this 8th day of February, A. D. 1898.

FREEMAN M. TEEGUARDEN. [11. s]

\Vitnesses:

WM. D. CLARK, WILL M. TIoEN. 

